The Rivers State University management has announced a ban on “indecent dressing” within the school campus.
This was revealed in an internal memorandum signed by the its Registrar and Secretary to the Senate, Dr S. C. Enyindah, dated October 19, 2022, which was acquired by our correspondent.
Copying the varsity’s Vice-Chancellor, deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), the Provost, the Deans and Heads of Departments, the memorandum titled “Ban on Indecent Dressing by Students on Campus,” was addressed to the Students Union Government President and all students in the school.
It read, “I am directed to inform you that the Senate has banned indecent dressing by students on campus with immediate effect. I am further directed to inform you that this ban is sequel to a memo presented by the Committee of Provost and Deans and considered by Senate at its 291 Regular Meeting held on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
“By this ban, it is now prohibited for any student to dress the following way on campus: wearing of ‘spaghetti gown’ by female students. Wearing of short skirt above the knees by female students.”
This is coming two months after The PUNCH reported that a lecturer in the university allegedly used scissors on a female student of the university over dress code.
